Re: NoSTalgia and MiNT

[Julian Reschke-FJR010 <Julian_Reschke-FJR010@email.mot.com>]

joska@nuts.edu%INTERNET wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Howard Chu wrote:
> 
> > machines together. If 20 feet isn't long enough, look for SCSI-based ethernet
> > adapters, they used to be quite common for Macs, which only had 25-pin SCSI
> > for expansion. Of course, when you get your hands on these boxes, you'll
> > still need information on how to communicate with the things, and the skill to
> > write the code to perform the communication...
> 
> Speaking of SCSI ethernet cards, does anybody know *where* I can find
> these? I'm very interested in writing a MiNTnet-driver for such a
> card, but can't find any! I know how to write a device-driver for
> MiNTnet, I know how to access the SCSI-bus, all I need is a
> ethernet-card with docs and some spare time.

Asante used to sell those adapters, but they don't want to document how
they work.

> 
> Btw. I was thinking of using Steffen Engels' SCSI-driver for this, as
> it provides one single (and easy to use) API for both ST ACSI and
> TT/Falcon SCSI. Does anybody have a good reason *not* to use it? Are
> there any problems with MiNT?

No. SPIN! uses the interface with no problems.